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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search foranywheres” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

20 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
anywheres184234(None) 
anywhere1742561anywhere_
nowheres1437512_nowheres
adheres11310163a__dheres
anopheles1446643anopheles
answered1235493answ_ered
answerer1144273answ_erer
answerers1243743answ_erers
answers1037043answ_er_s
anthers103715203an_ther_s
antheses11311473an_theses
antiheroes1347173antiheroes
antiherpes1545403antiherpes
antimeres11410893antimeres
enspheres1486083enspheres
inheres10315173in__heres
inspheres1455403inspheres
nowhere1337213_nowhere_
unspheres1455363unspheres
wheres125917433___wheres

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641206.73322076.5
3Display Results20200.0161250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691207.17224915.1